Geranium Trust - Annual Report 2024/25
I’m pleased to report that our charity is growing as each year passes. The trustees decided that we should continue to concentrate our efforts by offering support to those who can come to Court House and not to try to expand into other areas for the time being. Court House, and the Gardens, is open every day. We offer friendship and support to anyone who is feeling alone, isolated and in need of a friend. We do this by organising weekly and monthly events all involving food. These are a weekly “Coffee and Chat” with light lunch. Two monthly Sunday Roast Dinners. One for the elderly in the area and another for the Gay Community. A monthly afternoon tea party and a Christmas Day Lunch. We served approximately 1650 meals during the year, most cocked by Brian our volunteer cook.
Our Open garden was not such a great success as usual because the only day that it rained, for most of the summer, was on 7[th] June, the day of our open garden. Takings were down from the usual £1000 plus to just over £700.
Once again Terry Bennett, our treasure, kindly offered to drive our older friends down to Weymouth in July, on one of his vintage buses. 44 of us traveled down in style on the 1961 Open Topped Seaside Bus. Everyone had the most amazing time. One of our travelers is not able to walk far so we took a wheelchair and Brian, George and I took turns to push him around the town. Several of us ended up having fish and chips in Wetherspoon’s and later, Ice creams on the sea front.
It was decided by the trustees that as we have a fairly good bank balance we can support a small charity, Breakaway, that offers discounted holidays for carers and poorer families in
their holiday caravan based in Exmouth. We supported several holidays during summer of 2025. Breakaway is based in Stoford and was founded in the 1990’s.
I can report that the Wildlife Haven at Court House is looking very good and is well used by many locals and not so local people. Throughout the year you will see people walking the green paths that are kept mowed by Keith our volunteer ranger. Some with their dogs, others just taking a walk and enjoying the wildlife.
Geoff’s Meadow is looking good now that some of the trees are getting to a reasonable size. All of the trees are planted in memory of loved ones. Most have been purchased and donated to Geoff’s Meadow - Memory Garden which is now registered with the organisation “Small Pilgrim Places”.
Terence J. Palfrey - Founder Chair (A.K.A Paul Peters)
Geranium Trust
Income & Expenditure Account for the period 1 October 2024 - 30 September 2025
| Income: DON Donations & Grants OG Open Garden (net) LGBT LGBT Lunches OLUNCH Other Lunches TP Tea Parties BKS Sale of Donated Books TAX Gift Aid Tax Reclaimed CM Coffee Mornings SAL Sales Table SUNI Sundry Income PREM Use of Premises MEM In Memoriam DNP Donations in respect of Presentations Expenditure: FD Food DONO Donations/Grants made INS Insurance SUNE Sundry Expenditure KIT Kitchen Sundries GAR Garden TRV Travelling expenses WEB Website Expenses EQP Equipment STP Stationery & Printing CLN Cleaning Materials CHG Bank/PayPal Charges El Electricity FEES Professional Fees MEM In Memoriam Net surplus for period to date Reconciliation: 1 October 2024: Cash NatWest Bank Current Account Debtors Creditors + Surplus for year to date 30 September 2025: Cash NatWest Bank Current Account Debtors Creditors Loans outstanding Restricted Funds |
4,037.17 £ 710.00 £ 650.76 £ 487.54 £ 290.68 £ 138.83 £ 117.58 £ 71.28 £ 36.81 £ 1.00 £ - - - |
24,636.05 £ 2,171.81 £ |
1/10/23 - 30/9/24 1,346.05 £ 313.00 £ 631.00 £ - £ 457.44 £ 255.34 £ 2,676.11 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 40.00 £ - £ |
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| 6,541.65 £ 2,154.01 £ 950.00 -£ 521.50 £ 387.51 £ 139.31 £ 128.05 £ 63.00 £ 12.46 £ 9.00 £ 5.00 £ - - - - - |
5,718.94 £ 1,302.31 £ - £ 517.25 £ 418.73 £ - £ 388.16 £ - £ 217.96 £ 167.00 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ |
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| 4,369.84 £ 2,171.81 £ - £ 24,828.04 £ - £ 191.99 -£ |
3,011.41 £ 2,707.53 £ |
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| 0.00 £ 26,849.77 £ - £ 41.91 -£ |
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| 26,807.86 £ 26,807.86 £ - £ |
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| 26,807.86 £ 1,506.40 £ |
Registered Charity No 1176738
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